Cllr Ahmet Oykener, Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing, took the first swipe at Curtis House on the Ladderswood Estate in New Southgate, for the start of the demolition of the ageing tower block.

Yesterday, (Wednesday 18 February), Cllr Alan Sitkin, Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Cllr Ayfer Orhan, Cabinet Member for Education, Children’s Services and Protection paid a visit to the HEAT hair salon in Enfield to see for themselves how this modern hairdressing academy is creating opportunities for local people to train in the profession.

‘Wanna Be Friends’, part of the ‘Learning for Life Charity’, held a disco with music and dancing at Forty Hall on Valentine’s Day, supported by Enfield Council, which saw over 200 young people with special needs coming together to make new friends within their local area.

Enfield Council is holding its 17th prestigious job fair at the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London which will be open to anyone resident in Enfield who is currently looking for employment, training, apprenticeships or advice.

Enfield Council’s land charges department has been shortlisted for ‘The Best Customer Experience Award’ by Land Data, the official government appointed organisation that manages and regulates the National Land Information Service (NLIS) contracts.

Enfield Council has joined forces with businesses in the borough to lobby the government and Network Rail to expand the West Anglia mainline to a four rail track in order to boost the borough’s economy, create jobs and stimulate growth and investment in the borough.

Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport, Youth and Public Health, Cllr Rohini Simbodyal visited Southbury Leisure Centre on 29 January, to launch a new wide ranging plan to get people off the sofa to take in a show, be more active and meet new people. Cllr Simbodyal saw for herself the newest craze of ‘zorb football’ as she launched the ‘Active and Creative’ draft leisure strategy, which will make the borough’s residents safer, healthier, happier and better off.

‘Wanna Be Friends’, part of the ‘Learning for Life Charity’, will be holding a Valentine’s Disco with music and dancing at Forty Hall on Saturday 14th February, supported by Enfield Council, which will see 200 young people with special needs coming together to make new friends within their local area.

A landlord who illegally converted a two bedroom house into three separate properties and rented them out for £1,800 pcm, has been ordered to pay more than £90,000 within six months or face two years in jail.

The North London Credit Union, a not-for-profit financial co-operative, run on behalf of its members and supported by Enfield Council has announced some permanent, new drop in days at Edmonton Green and Ordnance Unity Centre libraries, which will be followed a couple of weeks later by a regular afternoon at John Wilkes House, Ponders End.

Today (28 January) Cllr Chris Bond, Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Community Safety, saw for himself the brand new lifts which have been installed into Edmonton Green station to improve accessibility for everyone.